Ezekiel 18:10

Ezekiel 18:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
• New International Version (NIV)“Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these other things
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If he begets a son who is a robber Or a shedder of blood, Who does any of these things

Context of Ezekiel 18:10

8and if he does not lend money at interest or take interest, if he keeps his hand from injustice and executes true justice between one person and another, 9if he walks in My statutes and keeps My ordinances so as to deal faithfully--he is righteous and will certainly live,” declares the Lord God. “However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one of these things to a brother 11(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife, 12oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,

Ezekiel 18:10 word by word

וְהוֹלִ֥יד בֵּן־פָּרִ֖יץ שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ דָּ֑ם וְעָ֣שָׂה אָ֔ח מֵאַחַ֖ד מֵאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

• However, he may fatherיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• a violentפָּרִיץperîyts · violentH6530
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• who shedsשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• and doesעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• anyמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• of theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• to a brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251

Cross-references for Ezekiel 18:10

• Leviticus 19:13‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired worker are not to remain with you all night until morning.
• Malachi 3:8“Would anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.
• John 18:40So they shouted again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a rebel.
• Exodus 22:2If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no guilt for bloodshed on his account.
• Genesis 9:5I certainly will require your lifeblood; from every animal I will require it. And from every person, from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person.
• Exodus 21:12“He who strikes someone so that he dies shall certainly be put to death.
• Numbers 35:31Moreover, you shall not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is condemned to death, but he must be put to death.
• 1 John 3:12not as Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 18:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10If he beget a son - Who is the reverse of the above righteous character, according to the thirteen articles already specified and explained.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 Live … die - In the writings of Ezekiel there is a development of the meaning of “life” and “death.” In the holy land the sanctions of divine government were in great degree temporal; so that the promise of “life” for “obedience,” the threatening of “death” for “disobedience,” in the Books of Moses, were regarded simply as temporal and national. In their exile this could not continue in its full extent, and the universality of the misfortune…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-13If the son of a righteous man (a man who lives in a right way before God) does not follow God’s ways or his father’s example, he is responsible for his own sin. If his life is completely different from what his father believed and practiced, he will bear his own guilt. He will face God’s judgment for his own actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. The second case is that of an impious son of a pious father. His pious parentage, so far from excusing, aggravates his guilt. robber--or literally, "a breaker," namely, through all constraints of right. doeth the like to any one--The Hebrew and the parallel (Eze 18:18) require us to translate rather, "doeth to his brother any of these things," namely, the things which follow in Eze 18:11, &c. [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 18:10

• Children
• Death
• Responsibility
• Robbery
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Cruelly
• Live
• Accountability
• Ezekiel
• God
• Heredity
• Like; Liken; Likeness; Liking
• Prophecy; Prophets
• Resurrection
• Salvation

Commentaries on Ezekiel 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings